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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1936,

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UNIFICATION OF CHINA

Blessing To Chinese And Foreigners

Nanking.

до

"The unlucation of China is not only a blessing to the Chi- nese people, but also a blessing to those foreign countries whose nationals have commercial interests in China. Therefore, friendly

any way, bamper our work of uni- nation should, in

10.11 fication, inasmuch as if our house is not in order no one enjoy living in it."

This statement was made by Dr. Jefferson D. H. Lamb (Lin Tung- ha, senior counsellor of the Min- istry of Foreign Affairs, in the course at a radio talk at the Cen- on the rgal Broadcasting Station night of Aug. 17 on The Unifiça- tion of China."

Dr. Lamb allayed the fear valent among a part of the

eign

Thils

Sinkiang in the persons of Gener- a special al Ruang Mu-sung as

to "Comfort" the commissioner Sinkiang people, and Dr. Lo Wun- kan as high commissioner to in- vestigate the Sinking situation with a view to properly settling the political and diplomatic problems of this vast and Important frontier province.

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nationals residing in "Chinu Chat As soon as China is united they will be deprived of their com- mercial interests, and will even be driven out of the country. wrong assumption, in his opinion. 1912. This goodwill mission head- arises from ignorance on their parted by General Kuang Mu-sung also Amer. Rolling Mill... 834 of the aims of the Chinese Revolu- investigated the conditions in Sze-Amer. Smelting ....... 581

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Che unity

motives of

With the leadership of General Chiang, Mr. Wang Ching-wel, Mr. Bug Fo and others China will be able to stand on her own feet,

MEANS TO PROSPERITY The unification of China will commercial only safeguard their Interests, and make it possible for them to enjoy the peace and pros- perity of a friendly nation instead of living in constant fear and mut ual suspicion, the eminent diblo- } Crutcal News Agency.

mat averred.

Lumu "Frankly speaking," Dr. wald. "bad it not been for foreign aggression of recent years Chin would have beer on the right track to recovery, both financial and pu- Utical." In view of the present stage China has reached in na- tional unification while the Chinese people should exert their utmost efforts to bring the task to a suc- cessful end, foreign nations should

provided she is left alone and free to work out her own salvation, Dr.

Lamb concluded.-

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To the question whether China can be really united and, if so, how long this unity will last, Dr. Lamb saw the answer in the unification dynamic countries in Europe, namely, Germany and Italy. "With proper

leadership once a country is really united, it will likely stay united, and there every reason to expect that China, like Germany and Italy, will remain a united modern nation." he declared.

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THE WORK" OF UNIFICATION

Tracing the work of unification of China, Dr. Lamb said that it may be said to begin in 1926, when General Chiang Kai-shek. led the northward Northern Expedition

in

modernization

Comm. & Southern

(ord.) according score of units are being amal-Comm. & Southern (ord.. $8 cum pl, gamated, others are being modern- ized, and some obsolete forces are Consolid. was of N.Y.

Consolid, Oil being disbanded.

Continental Ou The cavalry units amalgamated and modernized the Cord. Products, 12th Manitoba Dragoons and the Curtiss Wright A... Border Horse in Manitoba

have Curtiss Wright (C) Delaware & Hudson been, amalgamated. The 15th Light Horse and the South Alberta Distillers Corpn. Bea-

grams Horse become the 15th Alberta

Light Horse. The 7th Hussars and Douglas Aircraft the 11th Hussars in Quebec become Du Pont de Nemours the 7-11th Hussars while in western Electric Boat Ontario Grey's Horse, in Montreal. Elec. Bond & Share the 13th Scottish Light Dragoons, lec. Bond & Shar and in Quebec the Queen's Own

Ottawa.

The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals was disbanded March 31 and reorganized, with various types of units being localized in every military district.

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NEWS ITEMS FROM LONDON

trom Canton with a view to ell- minating all the corrupt 'elements of the pseudo government in Peking being disbanded and anti-Aircraft Gen. Electric (now called Peiping), and setting batteries are being established and up a government of law,

existing Field Batteries being mo- With many well-trained omcers dernized. and the "well-equipped army, to- i

The 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 6th and 7th Gold Dust gether with the whole-hearted sup- Field Troops of Engineers are all Goodrich Tyre Co.. port of the Chinese people General being disbanded, while the 1st Sur-Goodyear Tire & R Chiang and his associate generais vey Company of Royal Canadian G. Nthern Rly. pf. 381

tex. div., had practically achieved unity in Engineers is to be established at 1928, a year after the establishment of the National Government Nanking. Unfortunately, however. the dissension among the rank and file in the Kuomitang temporarily obstructed the work of unification:" The Mukden Incident of Sept.. 18, 1931, Dr. Lamb pointed out, gave another impetus to unification as it made the responsible oficials iners, the Manitoba Regiment and the North Alberta Regiment and various parts of the country realize the 8th Machine Gun Corps nave the necessity of a united front against foreign aggression.

From that tirae onward the har- der the aggressors pressed us the more determined we became. to unify the country, and with the peaceful and proper solution of the seemingly difficult problem of the Southwest, China is now well on her way to genuine national unification, Dr. Lamb remarked.

Among the infantry and machine gunners the Irish Canadian Rang-

been disbanded.

AMALGAMATIONS ... The Irish Fusiliers and the Van- couver Regiment have been amal- gamated as "The Irish Fusiliers Vancouver Regiment."

The Second Motor Machine Gun Brigade has been converted to be the Second Armored Car Regiment, while the 13th Machine Gun Bat- tallon has been disbanded and amalgamated with the Edmonton Regiment, the Edmonton Fusiliera, the South Alberta Regiment, the Calgary Regiment and the Calgary Highlanders.

THE DUCK'S SONS Apparently

at Bignor Mus- sioned in 1892. solini's wish, the visit of his sons Bruno and Vittorio to Berlin is be- ing kept extremely quiet.

A friend there tells me that no mention has been made of their arrival, and that they will attend no official functions,

Their visit went to the Olympic Stadium quite unnoticed.

sperus. Britannia was commis-

King Edward VII's interest in diminished after yacht racing 1897. He continued to pay regular visits to the Squadron as its first admiral,

Cowes Castle has been the E.YS. years. It head-quarters for 80 was originally one of the two "cowes," or forts, built by Henry VIII, to guard Portsmouth Har-

They will stay in Berlin for at east a few days longer in order bour, to witness further athletic con-

texts.

Dr. Lamb lauded the patriotism and statesmanship of Mr. Tana Shao-yi, veteran Kuomintang statesman. and 31 Cantonese mem- bers of the Central Executive Com- mittee in timely submitting the proposal for the abolition of the

The No. 13 Maintenance Com-

No and pany of the Royal Canadian Army Southwest Political Council the Southwest Executive Commit-Bervice Corps, of Alberta, has been tee, which hastened the liquidation disbanded. of the Southwest issue,

JULIUS, PLUVIUS

July made few friends. It had Kumours of an intended visit, a grumbling Press. In fairness. by Count and Countess Clano, the therefore. I should point out that Luce's son-in-law and daughter, ita meteorological record is not a are persistent, but, lack ofcial particularly bad one,

Rainfall in London was hardly -confirmation.

more than the average-2.28in. Compared with 1918, when there was 6.57in, or even 1920 (3.48in), this July was quite well behaved. Where it falled was in sunshine. It registered 147 hours-only three more than the very wet July of rain- 1918. In 1926, when the fail (2.8in) was greater than this year, there were 184 hours of sun- shine,

FROM PATRON TO ADMIRAL

such rigid application of the rules was enforced when King Edward VII, as Frince of Wales. Further changes and amalgama- was elected to the R.Y.B. In 1883- tions are contemplated and are be- he had become its patron, in sue- THE OTHER PROVINCES

ing studied by the Ministry of Na-cession to the Prince Consort, but was not an active member until Even the outlying provinces anational Defense, the objective being

two years later. regions such as Kansu, Chinghal, to eliminate moribund units and

and modernize` others which need t At that time he had no yacht Sinklang, Szechwan, Bikong

of his own. Tibet, Dr. Lamb continued, have in,

The following year,

Its real misfortune was to fol- recent years been brought into

however, he acquired the 37-ton

low the July of 1935. That month closer cooperation with the Central

cutter Dagmar. Government. In 1933 during "Mr.

It was not until 1875, the year there were 287 hours of sunshine

he bought his Arst in London and a rainfall of junt: Wang Ching-wel's administration

before

purchased a over half an inch. racehorse, that he racing yacht, the schooner He-

PETERBOROUGH

Canada is aiming at a compact defense force, adequate to defend Canadian territory and which is probable; to maintain more, Canada's neutrality in the event of

as President of the Executive Yuan, outbreaks of hostilities between two

commissioners were sent to other countries...